Day One 2025 agenda
- Ross Morrison - Partner, Adams Street Partners
What trends are shaping the market in 2025 and beyond? How are seasoned VCs applying past lessons to the current investment environment? How are liquidity considerations and the potential for exits influencing discussions with LPs, and what are the expectations for recent fund vintages?
How much more can we expect from European growth investing? Is competition with US firms providing the right stimulus for European GPs?
- Asaf Horesh - Managing Partner, Vintage Investment Partners
- Karen McCormick - Chief Investment Officer, Beringea
How strong is Europe’s early stage VC? How do pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages vary within the market?
Discussion group run under the Chatham House Rule and closed to press. For VC pre-registration email micah.passman@informa.com. For LP pre-registration email nisa.pun@informa.com.
Run under the Chatham House Rule. Open to 30 attendees and closed to press. For LP pre-registration email nisa.pun@informa.com. For VC pre-registration email micah.passman@informa.com
- Julius Bachmann - Executive Coach, Bachmann Coaching
What makes Europe VC unique? What are the positive and negative factors within the region? How much can we expect from the talent within the region?
- Miruna-Ioana Girtu - Principal, Heritage Holdings
- Anne Germain - Senior Investment Director, BPI France
- Jörg Goschin - Co-CEO and Senior Managing Director, KfW Capital
Are institutions unlocking more capital for venture? What can be done to increase allocations into venture from pension funds?
- Ian Connatty - Deputy Chief Investment Officer, British Patient Capital
LP-only discussion group run under the Chatham House Rule and open to 30 pre-registered development finance institutions, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds. Places are limited; to enquire please email nisa.pun@informa.com.
What does the entry of North America's most established firms mean for Europe? What do North American LPs want to see from European GPs?
- Monik Pham - Founding Partner, Pact
- Jonathan Heiliger - Founder & General Partner, Vertex Ventures US
Do secondaries, co-investments, or GP stakes offer viable solutions? Do conflicting goals hinder successful alignment?
- Olaf Neubert - Managing Director, TopCap Partners
- Leyla Holterud - Managing Director, StepStone Group
- Dror Glass - Founder & Managing Partner, Israel Secondary Fund
How have founder organisations developed over the years to better service the asset class? Should LPs and founders have more engagement in the ecosystem?